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Anne

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Anne  (n) 1665-1714.
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714). The last monarch of the Stuart line, she was also the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over Parliament (1707).
Anne [æn]
n
1. (Biographies / Anne, Princess (1950 F, British, POLITICS: royal family member) Princess, the Princess Royal. born 1950, daughter of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a noted horsewoman and president of the Save the Children Fund
2. (Biographies / Anne (1665-1714) F, British, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Queen. 1665-1714, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-14), daughter of James II, and the last of the Stuart monarchs
3. (Biographies / Anne, Saint F, RELIGION: saint, RELIGION: mother of Virgin Mary) Saint. (in Christian tradition) the mother of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: July 26 or 25
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Noun1.Anne - Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
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Anne [æn] N → Ana


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"Harvest is ended and summer is gone," quoted Anne Shirley, gazing across the shorn fields dreamily.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
"Thanks be, I'm done with geometry, learning or teaching it," said Anne Shirley, a trifle vindictively, as she thumped a somewhat battered volume of Euclid into a big chest of books, banged the lid in triumph, and sat down upon it, looking at Diana Wright across the Green Gables garret, with gray eyes that were like a morning sky.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Herself the widow of only a knight, she gave the dignity of a baronet all its due; and Sir Walter, independent of his claims as an old acquaintance, an attentive neighbour, an obliging landlord, the husband of her very dear friend, the father of Anne and her sisters, was, as being Sir Walter, in her apprehension, entitled to a great deal of compassion and consideration under his present difficulties.
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